By-Elections December 9, 2002  Official Voting Results

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SYNOPSIS OF THE OFFICIAL VOTING RESULTS

For the two December 9, 2002, by-elections, the final lists of electors, established
after polling day under section 109 of the Canada Elections Act, included:

electors listed in the National Register of Electors

electors registered during the revision period

electors who registered on polling day

Canadian Forces electors whose Statement of Ordinary Residence provides
an address in one of the two electoral districts

Canadian electors temporarily residing abroad whose address for voting purposes
is located in one of the two electoral districts*

incarcerated electors, regardless of the length of their sentences, whose
residence for voting purposes is located in one of the two electoral districts**

Voting under the Special Voting Rules

The Special Voting Rules allow voting by special ballot, by mail or in person
at the office of the returning officer. Two groups of electors may use this
method.

The first group consists of electors whose names appear on separate lists:

Canadian electors temporarily residing outside Canada

Canadian Forces electors

registered incarcerated electors whose address for voting purposes is located
in one of the two electoral districts

The second group consists of electors:

whose ordinary residence is located in one of the two electoral districts

whose names appear on the lists of electors that were established for these
by-elections

who registered to vote by special ballot

Rounding of figures

Because the figures given in the tables in this report were rounded, there
may be some discrepancies in the totals.

Short forms of political affiliations used in this report

Bloc Québécois
(Bloc Québécois)

Canadian Alliance
(Canadian Reform Conservative Alliance)

Independent
(Independent)

Liberal
(Liberal Party of Canada)

N.D.P.
(New Democratic Party)

Progressive Conservative
(Progressive Conservative Party of Canada)

No Affiliation

TABLE 3  Number of electors and polling
stations

Electoral district

Population*

Electors on
the lists

Ordinary
polling stations

Advance
polling
stations

Total
polling
stations

Stationary

Mobile

BerthierMontcalm

129 230

98 406

273

4

12

289

Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay

69 043

52 963

142

5

10

157

Total

198 273

151 369

415

9

22

446

*Based on 2001 Census

TABLE 4  Number of ballots and elector
turnout

Electoral district

Population*

Electors on
the lists

Valid ballots

Rejected
ballots

Total
ballots cast

Percentage of
elector
participation

BerthierMontcalm

129 230

98 406

27 443

716

28 159

28.6

Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay

69 043

52 963

18 496

335

18 831

35.6

Total

198 273

151 369

45 939

1 051

46 990

...

*Based on 2001 Census

TABLE 5  List of candidates and individual
results

Electoral district

Candidate and affiliation

Place of residence

Occupation

Votes
obtained

Percentage of
valid votes

BerthierMontcalm

Gaudet, Roger
(Bloc Québécois)

Saint-Liguori

Restaurant Owner

13 747

50.09

Giroux, Richard
(Liberal)

Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier

Notary

11 646

42.43

Lafleur, Richard
(Progressive Conservative)

Blainville

Civil Engineering Technician

598

2.17

Naud, Réal
(Canadian Alliance)

Saint-Gabriel-
de-Brandon

Administrator

475

1.73

Rivest, François
(N.D.P.)

Sainte-Béatrix

Student

977

3.56

Lac-Saint-JeanSaguenay

Auer, Yanick
(N.D.P.)

Laval

Teacher

267

1.44

Boudreault, Alcide
(Canadian Alliance)

La Baie

Financial Consultant

290

1.56

Gagnon, Sébastien
(Bloc Québécois)

Métabetchouan

Entrepreneur

8 912

48.18

Gauthier, Clermont
(Progressive Conservative)

Québec

Retired

434

2.34

Harvey, Richard
(Independent)

L'Ascension-de-Notre-Seigneur

Agricultural Technician

467

2.52

Lavoie, Gilles
(No Affiliation)

Alma

Entrepreneur

532

2.87

Tremblay, Gilbert
(Liberal)

Alma

Director General

7 594

41.05

*

For Canadian electors temporarily residing outside
Canada, the address for voting purposes is one of the following:

the address of the elector's last place of ordinary
residence in Canada

the address of the place of ordinary residence of
the spouse, the common-law partner or a relative of the elector, a relative
of the elector's spouse or common-law partner, or of a person in relation
to whom the elector is a dependant

the address of the place of ordinary residence of
a person with whom the elector would live if he or she were not residing
outside Canada

**

For incarcerated electors, the address for voting
purposes is the first of the following known to the elector:

the elector's residence before being incarcerated

the residence of the spouse, the common-law partner
or a relative or dependant of the elector, or of a relative of the elector's
spouse or common-law partner or a person with whom the elector would
live if he or she were not incarcerated